今天我们要学的词是concrete。 Concrete具体的，实质性的。美中战略与经济对话星期二结束。美联社报道说，The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, 美中结束了为期两...
今天我们要学的词是ratchet。 Ratchet是一个机械部件，叫棘轮，推动机器向一个方向转动。做为动词，我们可以说: ratchet something up or ratchet something down, 意思是逐渐提高或是逐渐降低。 哈佛大学...
今天我们要学的词是text messaging。 Text messaging发短信。Text messaging continues to grow in popularity, 发短信现在越来越流行了。最新研究显示，Text messaging while driving greatly increases the risk of crashes, 开车发...
今天我们要学的词是sue。 Sue，起诉。The State of Minnesota is suing the consulting firm that was hired to monitor the bridge that collapsed two years ago, 明尼苏达州政府对负责监控两年前倒塌大桥安全的咨询公司提出...
今天我们要学的词是admission。 Admission, 是允许进入的意思。Hospital admission, 住院。College admission, 大学录取。A University of Illinois trustee resigned over the school's admissions scandal, 伊利诺伊大学的一位校董...
今天我们要学的词是reunion。 Reunion, 团聚。Family reunion, 家庭团聚。High school reunion, 高中老同学聚会。An Australian woman held an emotional reunion with her dog who went missing nine years ago, 一个澳大利亚女子惊喜...
今天我们要学的词是poster child。 Poster child, 典型代表。美国总统奥巴马星期三再次前往印第安纳州北部的一个郡。The blue-collar manufacturing area has become the poster child of the president's stimulus plan and...
今天我们要学的词是no-brainer。 No-brainer, 意思是很容易做，很好理解的事情。The test was a no-brainer, 这次考试简单极了。新英格兰爱国者队是美国最棒的橄榄球队。一个新加盟爱国者队的球员说，...
今天我们要学的词是fender bender。 Fender bender, 指小事故，不太严重的车祸。I got into a fender bender yesterday and missed the game, 我昨天开车出了个小车祸，因此错过了比赛。 DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty was invo...
今天我们要学的词是alma mater。 Alma mater, 母校。He returned to his alma mater to coach the basketball team, 他回到母校去当篮球教练。Despite the economic downturn, my alma mater reached the fundraising goal ahead of time, 虽然...
今天我们要学的词是founder。 Founder, 创始人。The founder of the company is set to step down, 公司创办人准备退休。美国前总统约翰.肯尼迪的妹妹肯尼迪.施莱佛去世，享年88岁。Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the...
今天我们要学的词是outburst。 Outburst是爆发的意思。An outburst of laughter, 一阵大笑。美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿日前在刚果访问。Secretary Hillary Clinton had an outburst of anger when she thought she was being as...
今天我们要学的词是optimistic。 Optimistic乐观的。美国第二季度国内生产总值公布后，President Barack Obama said he is 'guardedly optimistic' about the direction of the U.S. economy, 美国总统奥巴马表示，他对美国经...
今天我们要学的词是upstage。 Upstage做为动词，是抢戏，抢风头的意思。在星期天结束的PGA高尔夫球锦标赛中，The little-known Korean golfer Y.E. Yang upstaged world number one Tiger Woods to become the first Asian-b...
今天我们要学的词是second chance。 A second chance第二次机会。The surgery gave him a second chance at life, 手术给了他再生的机会。Do you believe that everyone deserves a second chance? 你认为每个人都应该有改过自新...
